Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Soft red petals using white sharp teeth

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

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V.E. Schwab is one of those authors whose books are always intriguing but sometimes I don’t quite get that emotional connection from them and feel slightly at a distance. This novel was one of the ones where I think I was more intellectually engaged than emotionally, especially in the later half. I’m sure I read the summary/synopsis when I ordered the book but all I really remembered/knew by the time I started this one was sapphic and vampires. The novel alternates view points and time […]

A Sheep Detective Story!

Three Bags Full: A Novel by Leonie Swann

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This charming murder mystery was originally published in German in 2005. The Deluxe Edition that I read came out this year, and apparently an animated movie with Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson is due in 2026. I happened to see the sequel to this novel (Big Bad Wool) in Barnes and Noble, so I asked if they had the first book. If you enjoy cozy murder mysteries, look this one up. The action takes place in a quaint little Irish village called Glennkill, famous for […]

If You are Hiring Perry Mason? Just Spill It, Sister.

The Case of the Lazy Lover by Erle Stanley Gardner

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Holy moral ambiguity, Batman!  Turns out the actual murderer never gets charged, and we are all fine with that.  Also, Perry’s client did what most of them do, and never really laid the facts out to him.  True, he’s not going to represent them if he’s convinced they are guilty, but the coy runaround never works in their favor, and I can’t blame Perry for getting a little ticked off.  They are usually trying to protect  and plot come out gradually, as Perry tries to […]

Despite her past experiences with murders, she had not yet learned that the most inescapable force in the world is irony.

The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray

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I really enjoyed this installment of the A Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney Mystery series, The Rushworth Family Plot. The elder Darcys have decided young Mr. Darcy mush go to London with them, and when their visit is cut short, that he must stay as continue to socialize (reminder, the elder Mr. Darcy was not in favor of his son’s attachment to Miss Tilney). Miss Tilney’s grandfather, having hear that Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy has turned up his nose at his granddaughter, has decided that Juliet, […]

The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones

The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones

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Honestly, “The Indigo Room” I swear reminds me a bit of some stories I read in a book when I was a kid. This will drive me up the wall later. But in essence, this short story deals with [redacted] and the horror it can bring. That worked for me somewhat, but the story just dragged weirdly in places and I thought that SGJ could have went a bit further with that ending. It made me think of the short story written by Ted Chiang […]

Failure to Launch

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Here’s what you need to know about Atmosphere: A Love Story, the latest novel from book club powerhouse Taylor Jenkins Reid: -the main character is Joan Goodwin. She is Good, and not just in the sense that she always thinks, feels, and does the right thing. She is also a talented pianist, artist, and cook. She is also the Bestest Aunt Ever. And, oh yeah, an astronaut. One of the first female astronauts, in fact. I’m going to give Jenkins Reid the benefit of the […]



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